French publishing exec Marie-José Susskind-Jalou and her daughters Jennifer Eymere and Vanessa Bellugeon decided to leave in a huff after she realized her rump-rest was removed.

HL Group co-founder Lynn Tesoro couldn’t find her a different seat, so Eymere bitch slapped Tesoro!

The daughter proudly explained her action, saying:

“I said, ‘Don’t speak to my mom like this. You have to stop to speak like that.’ I said, ‘Be careful, I am going to slap you,’ and she kept doing it, and it just happened. I am sorry, I know it’s bad to do that. It was a small slap. It was not strong. I didn’t hurt her, it was just to humiliate her. She humiliated my mom, and I humiliated her in front of her crew. Voilà. I just said at the end, ‘Now you know you don’t f*ck with French people.’”

Woah! Message received!

Note to all designers everywhere: make sure those Frenchies get their seats first!